On 01/27/2012 09:24 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > Normally, I use icewm-1.3, so the apps in my menu are determined by > what is in ~/.icewm/programs. But now I've been testing, and > occasionally using, gnome3 I find that applications need an > appname.desktop file in /usr/share/apps/ to appear in the menus. > Freedesktop.org. > [ for pedants - yes, I know that I can put these files in ~/,local/ > or wherever to make them only appear for me, but I take the view > that if I'm installing an app it should be available to all users, > although the practical difference on my systems is negligible ;-) ] > > So, there are two apps I've installed which don't automatically > appear in the menus - firefox and rxvt-unicode. I can add these > with .desktop files, although rxvt-unicode seems slightly broken in > gnome - it's a bit too big, like it was on ppc32 last time I used > that, although it's ok when I start it directly from .xinitrc. > Firefox is *more* important to me (I've now got gnome-terminal > reconfigured to word adequately), but the same principle probably > applies to thunderbird and seamonkey).
I have a tarball that I've carried around for a few years now that contains two SVG images, several various sized png images (created from the former), and a makefile that installs complete multi-lingual .desktop files and icons for TB and FF. I have no idea where they came from, I'd guess the .desktop files from Debian, but the SVG images, not the slightest clue (I remember searching for them a few years ago). But yes, TB has the same problem. I can't speak for the full suite. If you want, I can send to you (as soon as I find it). > For ff and urxvt, I've found $RANDOMDISTRO .desktop files - for > firefox, there is an old (2005, I think) bugzilla entry, with > comments from last year, but they've been happy to let linux and BSD > distros do their own thing for this. I assume that the problem also > applies on kde4 and xfce, but I have no evidence. For trinity, I > have no idea. > > Is it appropriate to add .desktop files to patches- ? Perhaps in a > dot-desktop directory ? > > If so, does anyone know how to put comments in these files ? > (primarily, for where they came from). Yep, just like any other unix file "# ..." Here is the spec: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ > Alternatively, should we just discourage desktop environments, since > most of us loathe them ? That would certainly save me a lot of time > in the next few weeks, merging gnome3 :) > Hey! I like my full of eye-candy desktop environments! I just lack the time to build the things when I want. -- DJ Lucas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
